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Pledge's Future Shine is what I use. Works great and you'll only ever need one bottle. (Unless you're a weirdo who actually waxes his floor with floor wax.)

Not to sound like a creepy cheerleader for Uki, but it's nice to know there is at least one person on this forum who is extremely positive & friendly all the time. I don't think I could be that nice even if you paid me. If we ever give out awards for "forum member of the month", Uki gets my vote. -Mr. Shokoti

Iíve fixed some figures with loose ankles by giving them boots from other figures with tight ankles.

Skeletor- gave him Webstorís boots
Hordak Ė gave him Grizzlorís boots (but put the Hordak feet on them)
Tri-Klops Ė gave him Wun-Darís boots
King Grayskull Ė gave him Vikorís boots

For He-Man, the upcoming Snake Man at Arms might be able to help. Itís hard to tell judging by hand painted prototypes, but I suspect that his loin cloth and boots will be similar to He-Man. Assuming they give him Vikorís boots with the new ankle joint, thatíll be good boots for He-Man. If he has Vikorís boots and the color matches, Iíll be picking up an extra one to use as He-Man boots.

"There's only one Master of the Universe and it's He-Man." - Stephen Colbert

"The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing." - Blaise Pascal

On a side note; it's a shame we have to do our own quality control on a collectors line. Between raised hairlines, misaligned wings, various bobble heads and lose joints I feel lik I've built a whole figure from scratch.

How do I fix a bent rubber sword ?

I have a problem with one of my swords. It is made out of rubber , not plastic. But when I took it out of the package it was bent backwards and no matter what I do , I cannot get it to return to a straight rigid position.

If I straighten it within minutes it will return to the bent fashion , I placed it in a book to keep it completely flat and straight , no luck.

Any tips or tricks to help my problem here ?

This is driving me crazy , literally , My OCD is going nuts , every time I see this thing I have to go and try and straighten it.

Hey Shenlon, if I were you, I would put it into a pot of boiling water (only for about 10 seconds), straighten out the blade then immediately place it in or under something that will keep it straight until it cools.

Someone else may have another method but that's all I can think of at the moment.
Good luck!

Yeah, the boiling water technique works most of the time - I use a variation and just turn the hot water on in the sink until it gets to scalding temperatures and run it under there. Sadly, I doesn't work 100% of the time. The only time I managed to bend back a rubbery weapon when it was resisting the water technique was when I ran it under hot water AND THEN shoved it between these two peices of wood on my bedframe. I left it there for a few days (actually forgot about it) and it stayed straight from then on out! Since then, however, I've gotten a new bed and I never found anything that could keep it straight like that, so I'm not sure what to suggest as a straightener...

"Since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking." ~ Tock, the Watchdog

Alexx has a blog?! Come on in and check out Toys and Tomfoolery! You won't regret it...until the next morning.

Hair dryer also works very well. No need to let it set overnight, though. While it's still warm and bent into the shape you want, dip it in a glass of ice water and it will set in seconds. You can keep going immediately between the hot and cold to get the sword perfect.

Help needed! Problem wth MotU Classic Teela

Something bad happended while I was out. When I returned my room where I keep my collection. I find out my MotU Classics Teela had accident. Her left arm (from her shoulder) was severed for her body. How I fix this?

I'm not saying the zap-a-gap won't work, it probably will. But just in case it doesn't and you want a sturdier fix you should check out these tutorials over at figure realm, I regularly use screws to fix things and extend arms and legs etc.

I'm too lazy to read the figure realm stuff, so sorry if I'm repeating. I would drill a small hole in the arm and torso joint that broke and stick a small fited metal rod in the hole (usually I cut paperclips for metal rods). Then once fitted well I would apply super glue or apoxie glue.

A problem with painting

Hi,
I bought a COTU Shadow Weaver here in the forum and although the figure is great, I have a problem with its painting. When I take it to display it in different positions there's no problem but today my hands were a bit wet and the painting got wet as well so I had red painting in my hands.

Is there any product to dry the painting and make it solid like plastic? I know my hands are not going to be always wet but I love this figure and I usually take it to display it in the fright zone and other playsets so I am worried, it is my favourite one.